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BOSTON, Mass. – Three players scored double digits for the visiting Lions, including junior Justin Wagner (Oklahoma City, Okla.) who went 5-for-15 from behind the arc for a game-high 15 points as the Eastern Nazarene College men's basketball team defeated , as the Wentworth Institute of Technology 66-45, in Commonwealth Coast Conference action at Tansey Gymnasium.

With the win the Lions improve to 18-3 overall and 11-3 in CCC play while the Leopards see their four-game win streak come to an end, falling to 10-11 (8-6).

Wentworth put the first points on the board with a layup from senior John-Michael Fragnoli (Schenectady, N.Y.), however a 22-4 run by Eastern Nazarene – which included four 3-pointers – gave the visitors a 22-6 run with 11:52 left in the half.

The Leopards chipped away at the lead and used a 7-0 spurt to close out the half only down four. Freshman Sam Knollmeyer drained a buzzer beater to make it 28-24 in favor of the visitors.

Junior Ian Therriault (Auburn, Maine) took advantage of a Lion turnover to open the second half and pulled Wentworth within a pair, however

Wentworth slowly cut away at the lead with six different Leopards contributing to the scoring effort. Freshman Sam Knollmeyer (Hampton, N.H.) nailed a jump shot at the buzzer to go into halftime down only four, with the Lions leading 28-24. However, Wagner nailed back-to-back shots from behind the arc to put the Lions up eight and start a 12-2 run, capped off by a sophomore Christian Lynch (Alpharetta, Ga.) 3-pointer to make it a 43-28 game with 13:26 left.

Fragnoli brought the Leopards back to a single-digit deficit with a jumper in the pain with just over 11:00 left, however Eastern Nazarene responded with a 10-0 run, capped off by a three-point play from junior Jaylen Owens (Johns Creek, Ga.) with 8:06 to play and the leopards were unable to cut the deficit to fewer than 15.